THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF NIAGARA
PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
AGENDA

PEDC 4-2024

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

1:00 P.m. - 2:00 P.m.

Council Chamber - In Person and Electronic Meeting

Niagara Region Headquarters, Campbell West

1815 Sir Isaac Brock Way, Thorold, ON

To view live stream meeting proceedings, visit: niagararegion.ca/government/council

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATEMENT

3.

DISCLOSURES OF PECUNIARY INTEREST

4.

PRESENTATIONS

4.1

Niagara Workforce Coalition

Vivian Kinnaird, CEO/Strategy Lead, Workforce Collective, and
Rachel Crane, Learning & Engagement Lead, Workforce Collective/Executive Director, Literacy Link Niagara

5.

DELEGATIONS

6.

ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION

7.

CONSENT ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

7.1

PDS 12-2024

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Plan 2023 Progress Report (and BE CIRCULATED to the Local Area Municipalities)

A presentation will precede the discussion of this item.

7.2

PDS 13-2024

2023 Niagara Employment Inventory Results (and BE CIRCULATED to the Local Area Municipalities, Local Economic Development Offices, Workforce Collective, the Niagara Chambers of Commerce, Brock University and Niagara College)

A presentation will precede the discussion of this item.

7.3

ED 5-2024

Economic Development Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Update 

A presentation will precede the discussion of this item. 

7.4

PDS 9-2024

Shared Services Update

7.5

PDS-C 12-2024

Workforce Coalition 

8.

OTHER BUSINESS

9.

CLOSED SESSION

9.1

Confidential PDS 10-2024

A Matter of Litigation Affecting the Municipality under s. 239(2)(e) of the Municipal Act, 2001 – Ontario Land Tribunal Appeal of Regional Official Plan Amendment (ROPA) 3

10.

BUSINESS ARISING FROM CLOSED SESSION ITEMS

11.

NEXT MEETING

​The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, Regional Headquarters.

12.

ADJOURNMENT